| 单词 | adverb |
| 释义 | adverb (ædvɜːʳb) Word forms: plural adverbs countable noun An adverb is a word such as 'slowly', 'now', 'very', 'politically', or 'fortunately' which adds information about the action, event, or situation mentioned in a clause. English Easy Learning GrammarAdverbs and adverbialsWhen you want to add information about how, when, where, or to what extent somethinghas happened, you can use an adverbial. Many adverbials are members ... Read more English Easy Learning GrammarForm of adverbsMost adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the end of the related adjective. slow slowly clever cleverly annual annually Exceptionally, words which end ... Read more English Easy Learning GrammarParts of speechSentences are made up of words. A sentence can be made up of any number of words. He left us. The man in the corner lowered his newspaper. Whenever I see ... Read more adverb in British English (ˈædˌvɜːb) noun a. a word or group of words that serves to modify a whole sentence, a verb, another adverb, or an adjective; for example, probably, easily, very, and happily respectively in the sentence They could probably easily envy the very happily married couple b. Abbreviation: adv(as modifier) an adverb marker Word origin C15–C16: from Latin adverbium adverb, literally: added word, a translation of Greek epirrhēma a word spoken afterwardsadverb in American English (ˈædˌvɜrb) noun any of a class of words used generally to modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause, by expressing time, place, manner, degree, cause, etc.: English adverbs often end in -ly (Ex.: fast, carefully, then) Word origin ME adverbe < L adverbium < ad-, to + verbum, a wordExamples of 'adverb' in a sentence |
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